Built about 1838 on "Govalle" ("good grazing land in Swedish"). Ranch of S.M. Swenson, settler who encouraged migration of his countrymen to Texas as a copy of cabins built 1638 by Swedish colonists in Delaware.

Home, 1848, of newly arrived Gustaf Palm family; a social center for early immigrants.

Preserved through efforts of Louis Palm, Carl T. Widen. Texas Swedish Pioneer Association and others.

Marker can be reached from Barton Springs Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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